While some watch the water rushing through the dikes and still claim all is right under the heavens, the New York Times has a front page article today, With Turnover High, Schools Fight for Teachers, on the real problems schools and school districts face as a result of high teacher turnover. “This is an acute problem that is becoming a crisis,” Kansas Education Commissioner Alexa Posny told the Times.


3 Comments:
1 jd2718
· Aug 27, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Do we have data about teacher turnover in New York? We should have better, more detailed numbers than the Times does, and if we don’t, we should figure out how to get it.
2 Once again the issue of retention. « PREA Prez
· Aug 28, 2007 at 9:27 am
[...] Leo at Edwize makes a similar point. Filed under: Retention [...]
3 Teacher News of the Day | Edwize
· Aug 31, 2007 at 11:28 am
[...] And the New York Times prints six responses to its article on teacher turnover. [...]
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